Product Breakdown Structure Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Product Breakdown Structure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Breakdown Structure over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 346 461
Rank change year-on-year - +115 +156
Contract jobs citing Product Breakdown Structure 0 3 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.020% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.023% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £510 £430
25th Percentile - £515 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £523 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.77% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £554 £625
90th Percentile - £572 £640
UK median daily rate £585 £553 £500
% change year-on-year +5.80% +10.59% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £39.55
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - £39.55
% change year-on-year - - -1.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Product Breakdown Structure falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,933 13,143 22,599
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.40% 88.00% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,108 8,800 15,969
10th Percentile £337 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 568 519
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.96 £18.63
25th Percentile £18.77 £25.50 £29.31
Median hourly rate £38.00 £43.00 £53.35
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% -19.40% +42.69%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%

Product Breakdown Structure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Breakdown Structure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Breakdown Structure trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Product Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Breakdown Structure.

Product Breakdown Structure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option